
Amanda's paper is published in JACS!
Biomimetic approach to promote cellular uptake and enhance photoacoustic properties of tumor-seeking dyes The attachment of glucose to...


Chelsea won an Outstanding Poster Award at TiMe Day 2023!
Chelsea recently presented her work at the Tissue Microenvironment (TiMe) Day Symposium and was recognized for outstanding poster...


Zhenxiang won the 2023 Fuson Travel Award!
Zhenxiang has been selected to receive the Fuson Travel Award for Fall 2023. These awards are given annually to UIUC organic chemistry...


Sarah successfully defended her thesis!
Sarah successfully defended her PhD thesis! After leaving UIUC, he will be heading to Abcam in Waltham, MA. Congratulations Dr. Gardner!...


Selena's collaboration paper with the Scott lab is published in ACIE!
Xanthene-Based Nitric Oxide-Responsive Nanosensor for Photoacoustic Imaging in the SWIR Window Shortwave infrared (SWIR) dyes are...


Suri was ranked excellent by his students for his fall 2022 TAship
Suri TAed for CHEM 233, Elementary Organic Chemistry Lab I, last semester, and was ranked excellent by his students! These lists are...

Anuj's paper is published in JACS!
Hydrolysis-resistant ester-based linkers for development of activity-based NIR bioluminescence probes Activity-based sensing (ABS) probes...

Welcome Chang!
We are excited to announce that Chang Jiang has joined the Chan Lab! Brief bio: Chang is from Shanghai, China and graduated from East...


Welcome Suri!
We are excited to announce that Suritra Bandyopadhyay has joined the Chan Lab! Brief bio: Suri is from West Bengal, India and graduated...

Rodrigo's paper is published in JACS!
Repurposing Cyanine Photoinstability To Develop Near-Infrared Light-Activatable Nanogels for In Vivo Cargo Delivery The favorable...